This lavish middle-class wedding reception in Lagos had hundreds of guests, an orchestra, two caterers and half a dozen photographers.

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Clara Matonhodze, Dr. Abraham Osinbowale
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Clara Matonhodze is a manager at Cincinnati Museum Center and is the executive director of Africa Foundation-USA.Dr. Abraham Osinbowale is a Cincinnati physician and founding member of AfricaFoundation-USA.

In June, a significant event happened in Cincinnati, but it went largely unnoticed - the State Department hosted the U.S.-Africa business conference at the Westin hotel. More than 300 African business leaders, government representatives and African entrepreneurs attended the two-day conference.

At the concluding luncheon, our board members sat and listened with amusement ...